🎓 Summary In a ceremony held at King’s Inns, Henrietta Street, Dublin, President Michael D. Higgins was appointed an Honorary Bencher, the most prestigious recognition conferred by Ireland’s legal community. The title acknowledges his lifelong commitment to justice, human rights, and constitutional values, and places him among a distinguished group of legal and civic leaders. […]
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Making the financial sector truly work for both women and men will require a systemic shift. This starts with better understanding the underlying norms driving the behavior of all actors, and then designing interventions that can make change happen. Invisible gender-norm-based barriers prevent the financial system from meeting women’s needs at scale. Recent market system gender […]
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🧠 Summary Meta Platforms has formed a $27 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital to develop the Hyperion data center campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, effectively moving the project off its balance sheet. The deal reflects a growing trend among tech giants to use special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to fund large-scale AI infrastructure without […]
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As climate events become more frequent and intense, inclusive FSPs are increasingly being asked to conduct Physical Climate Risk Assessments by regulators, investors, and other stakeholders. Physical Climate Risk Assessments (PCRA) quantify how climate-related hazards (like floods, cyclones, or droughts) are likely to impact a financial institution’s portfolio and operations. Physical Climate Risk Assessments […]
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Physical Climate Risk Assessments (PCRA) are an essential tool for financial service providers (FSPs) to quantify and prepare for an increasing range of climate-related threats. Our previous blog outlined three core questions that an FSP should ask before embarking on a PCRA to ensure that it is strategically useful, rather than just a tick-box […]
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2025 — The rise of so‑called “porch piracy” — the theft of packages from doorsteps and entryways — has escalated into a nationwide crisis valued at over $2 billion annually, according to recent reports. The problem, once seen as a nuisance of the online shopping era, has now become a systemic threat […]
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WINDSOR, Oct. 24, 2025 — In a symbolic show of solidarity, His Majesty King Charles III received President Volodymyr Zelensky at Windsor Castle on Friday morning, ahead of a pivotal meeting of the Coalition of the Willing—a European-led initiative designed to coordinate long-term support for Ukraine. Zelensky was greeted in the Quadrangle of Windsor Palace […]
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You place your order, make the payment, and only later notice a small detail: just one letter in the website address was different. That’s how easily you can fall into a cybercriminal trap. If you’re lucky, the amount lost is small, and your bank acts fast — refunding the money and reissuing your card. But […]
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ACCRA, Oct. 23, 2025 — In a major operation targeting transnational crime, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has rescued 57 Nigerian nationals, aged between 18 and 26, from a human trafficking and cybercrime ring operating in the capital’s suburbs. The victims were lured into Ghana with promises of lucrative employment […]
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Sudan stands at the epicentre of one of the world’s “most severe” humanitarian crises, according to the UN. Over 30 million people now need urgent humanitarian assistance, among them 9.6 million displaced from their homes and nearly 15 million children caught in a struggle for daily survival. “This is one of the worst protection crises […]
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